A view showing Hove Town Hall from the south-west, with pedestrians, a motorised omnibus and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground

Date:: 1890 - 1910

Location:: Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, The City Of Brighton And Hove

Reference:: OP31190

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

Noted on the back of the print is 'The Hove Town Hall is a fine building, & the history has a great interesting story & I am sure the Clerk would send you a book of same if you wish him & it use to contain the story of Hove St I am sending you of the smugglers'.

The town hall was opened on 13th December 1882. It was gutted by a fire on 9th January 1966 and later demolished.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

The photograph was received by the National Buildings Record on 3rd November 1948.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/40 Early Photographic Print Collection: East Sussex; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Wiles, T

Keywords

Victorian Town Hall